me when i take characters that interacted once and fixate on shipping them
in celebration of april 13, i present all four known photos of neil, who banged out the tunes 19 years ago today
source: theagilerat.com (click right to see all four photos!)
For my Tumblr Flag/Fandom Games project
See the other fandoms here
"Finally. Mine."
I have a lot to share about this drawing. I've detailed all my thought-process under the cut below :]
The idea is simple: I wanted to draw Magolor getting his hands on the crown, but surrounded with symbolisms of regret.
About the color palette:
Purple is the main color of regret in occident
It is complementary with yellow, the crown's color
Everything that is yellow has a connection to the crown
For the crown, it is obvious, its own self
For Magolor's eyes, they are the same yellow as the crown, as if you could see it reflected in his eyes. It represents his obsession, his ambitions, and most of all, the eyes are the soul's window. The moment Magolor put his hands on the crown, his soul wasn't his to control anymore.
The roses and the sand are detailed below
The roses:
From my research, I found that yellow roses were a symbol of regrets and asking for forgiveness in ancient greek mythology
It stuck with me, firstly because the color yellow is important to my drawing
But also because Magolor isn't a character represented by flowers
He's represented through magic or technology (like gears)
However, those roses do not represents him as a character, but his wish to be one day forgiven for all the wrongs the crown forced him to do.
Magolor is a liar and a traitor. In order to show his sincere apology, it had to be something that did not mirror his usal image (like magic and trickery and technology), but instead something that mirrored his feelings.
Thus, yellow roses.
The hourglass:
The hourglass symbolises time, by nature
Here, it represents the unforgivable nature of time. Mistakes cannot be erased, pain cannot be forgotten.
No matter how strong Magolor may regret his actions, he will never be able to take them back.
The last grain of sand falling means that he cannot go back on what he is about to become.
He sealed his fate, touching the crown signed the contract.
Overall composition:
The yellow roses and the crown follow a fibonacci curve
The crown resting at the apex. The most important point of the composition is the crown, because in this picture, Magolor is not the one in charge.
The hourglass is in the exact middle of the frame, disregarding the rest of the composition.
The houglass, time itself, represents balance, something eternal and abstract, perfectly symmetric
A mechanical beauty surrounded by a flower field
The stars of the galaxy in the background.
The very same stars Magolor wished to rule over, with the power of the crown.
He may have looked so close to accomplishing his ambition, however, much like the stars, there were still a billion miles more to go.
And lastly, the title:
"Finally. Mine." is meant to be ironic. Because there wasn't a single instant where the crown was his. As I said multiple times already, he is the one bowing to the crown.
Ok that's all I had say about what I thought about when creating this piece!!! XD
Now let me show you how I turned a quick doodle on a notebook into the finished drawing!!!
It started with simple notes I took while at work today, with a quick thumbnail.
Did a quick sketch on my pc as soon as I got back home, just to have a rough idea of the composition with all the elements
I went over everything now that I had the composition in order to have a better sense of proportions and perspective
I cleaned the lines. Those roses were so tedious to draw XD Originaly I wanted to do a very clean, sharp line art, but I changed my mind and settled with this as my line art
I added the flat colors. I didn't use a palette from somewhere, I went with my gut feeling all the way through XD I really like how Magolor's colors turned out!
And finally, the finished product. Added more vibrance to the yellow, added the light rays and the details in Magolor's eyes.
Extras of the finished drawing with the fibonacci curve on top of it :D
A job well done if you ask me :]
Today is Teto's birthday!
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MORE SHADOWVANILLA ART!! I love them so much ugh but I don't draw them nearly enough
Feliz San Valentín! ~\(≧▽≦)/~
No ze zi lo notan pero kirby le ezta agarrando la mano a alguien!
Y ez...... tan tata chan! Ribbon! ez zolo que se me agoto la pila y me canse de dibujar perdonenme! ya habia zufrido un poco haciendo a kirby azi que uh....bbueno <( _ _ )> ribbon fue quien le hizo la corona de florez a kirby, van a conjunto (o al menoz eza era mi idea, a lo mejor otro dia hego el de ribbon para que ezten laz doz juntitaz (u‿ฺu✿ฺ) )
Tambien, no ze zi lo notaron pero ezto ez algo diferente a mi eztilo de dibujo uzual, no lo voy a cambiar drazticamente de nuevo! zolo queria intentar algo diferente por hoy (aunque al principio zi iba a zer mi eztilo uzual)
Ezpero hoy ze la pazen bien! yo voy a eztar zolita como todoz loz añoz (T_T) pero no importa
BAIIIIII *★,°*.☆( ̄▽ ̄)/$*.°★* 。